Designers hand crafted bags

Show off your unique style in our illustrated bags. The clutch handles are hand sewn to ensure that you can enjoy this bag for many years. Lined with contrasting colours with stripe patterns for the inside, the one of a kind clutch bags are embellished with sequins and finished off with an inside pocket for keeping your cards or keys.

Original Illustrations

SohIm's illustrations are printed using large format digital textile printers that show greater design detail than screen printing. The illustrations are printed on natural fiber textiles using eco-friendly and water-based pigment inks. To enhance the finishing further, the exterior fabrics are mostly designers' fabric, such as Amy Butler, Alexander Henry, Patricia Bravo and so on.

Latest Fair

Join us at the Togetherly Fair at The Pavilion @ Far East Square on 15th January 2016 from 12pm to 9pm. The gorgeous illustration and stunning vibrant colors are sure to get you noticed. Free Admission.

About SohIm Atelier

SohIm was founded by two designers - Patricia the craft lady and Choi, a leisure illustrator. The collaboration came about when Choi jammed at Pat's craft room and was overwhelmed by Pat's crafts - bags, designers' fabrics, clothes and so on. While Choi had a series of illustrations drawn over the years, she thought it was a good idea to have her illustrations printed on fabric that could make into crafts of all sorts. Three months later, SohIm launched the first granny bag series - Granny Crafts.

SohIm's illustrations are printed using large format digital textile printers that show greater design detail than screen printing. Unlike conventional textile manufacturing, digital printing entails very little waste of fabric, ink, water or electricity. The illustrations are printed on natural fiber textiles using eco-friendly and water-based pigment inks. No additional chemicals are used in the printing or preparation process. The fabric can also be machine washed, either warm or cool using phosphate-free detergent. To enhance the finishing further, the exterior fabrics are mostly designers' fabric, such as Amy Butler, Alexander Henry, Patricia Bravo and so on. Every piece is one of a kind and is hand crafted by the designers.

Illustration Stories

Choi's illustrations unfold stories of her sentiments towards people living at the periphery in the contemporary society.

The Crafters

Weaving A Dream

Weaving A Dream 如梦织梦

The experience of holding on a knitted garment is different from seeing the process of a garment being knitted. It is engaging; an immersive physical experience that connects between the artisan and the viewers.Inspired by the artisan at Zhou Zhuang, Shanghai.

Grass Craft

Grass Craft 绿艺

Any form or object is a material of a humble and unpretentious craft.Inspired by the artisan at Zhou Zhuang, Shanghai.

The Sublime Craft

The Sublime Craft锦绣年华

In the world of mass produced objects, the intricacy of each hand crafted needle work is measured beyond its beauty. Rather, it suggests a combination of sincerity and charm; a highly desirable quality.Inspired by the artisan at Zhou Zhuang, Shanghai.

Threading

Threading滴搭滴搭，时光如影掠过。

The act of making any garment starts wtih spinning the yarn. Appreciating the process of making the handmade yarn, in this context; is an artefact. Inspired by the artisan at Zhou Zhuang, Shanghai.

Simple Treats

Sweet Love

Sweet Love 甜蜜蜜

A gesture of appreciation and celebration.Inspired by Prague, Czech Republic.

Fairy Cake

Fairy Cake 艺

The baker is a skilled craftman in the culinary world.Inspired by Paris, France.

Indulgence

Indulgence百家乐

Once a staple food of the poor, its making is a folk memory built over several generations. Inspired by family pizza at Amsterdam.

Taste

Taste品

Enjoy simple pleasure in life is the essence of beauty for any social class.Inspired by Gothenburg.

The Wanderer

Wandering Wonder

Wandering Wonder随意行去

In terms of mobility, car is functional. As an object, car is a piece of art and design; a highly specialized automobile. In terms of emotion inclination, car presents an expression of personal freedom and absolute independence.Inspired by Penang, Malaysia.

Odysseys

Odysseys 一去千里

An adventurous journey in search for an internal solitude and freedom. Inspired by Dou Liu, Taiwan.

Ready To Go

Ready To Go启程了

It is a view of the world that brings a broader perspective; detached from the narrowest and most literal view.Inspired by the canals at Zhou Zhuang, Shanghai.

Beautiful Moments

Beautiful Moments最美的时光

The pictureque from above is a collection of memories; an immersive experience that cannot be narrated till one experiences it.Inspired by Prague, Czech Republic.

Sohim's Art

Moments of Life

Choi's works are viewed in relation to the perception of cultural identity in presenting visual narratives of people on the streets. Manifest with symbolism, she has crafted political yet humorous artworks relating to social discourses, globalization and disparities using vivid colours and handicrafts.